Pablo Zabaleta joined Manchester City prior to the big-money takeover in 2008 Manchester United do have more respect for us now Pablo Zabaleta The defender was signed by Mark Hughes per day prior to the club was ordered by Sheikh Mansour in 2008. Big money was splashed by manchester City on the loves of Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero and David Silva which helped fire them to Premier League beauty last time - and Zabaleta is certainly one of merely a couple of players left from the pre-takeover period. He said: "Of course because there are more gifted players here today it is different and I say that with a lot of value to the players who have been here before. "Since 2008 the team has been changing players every year - there is only some players left in the staff from 2008 - me, Vincent [Kompany], Joe Hart and Micah [Richards )]. "But that is all part of the new period for Manchester City, we expect to continue steadily to do better." Zabaleta has made herself a permanent installation at back this season despite boss Roberto Mancini's tendencies to move his full-backs - but even he's been amazed at his success. Roberto Mancini won the league title at Manchester City last period He said: "When you sign a a club you do and just try your very best but I admit that I didn't know whether I would be be in the team and earning trophies five years later because it was when I joined another club. "I am very pleased to be an integral part of this club - I am really pleased to be here. "Obviously as players we need certainly to keep spending so much time to keep our place in the team since in most position we've 2 or 3 players of real quality." City's hopes of retaining the concept are gone while they trail Manchester United by 15 points with nine games to go - but that'll not stop them from bidding to land a in Monday's derby at Old Trafford. Zabaleta added: "They do have more respect for Manchester City today. "When I reached the club in 2008 it had been completely different. "We have various people now and by winning the league championship last season we showed that we're learning and developing as a club and as a team".
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